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Jersey Number 22
Blake Helton
- Position:
- Right-Handed Pitcher
- Height:
- 6-6
- Weight:
- 205
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Austin, Texas
- High School:
- Lake Travis HS
CAREER HONORS
• 2023 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll - Fall 2021, Spring 2022
• 2021 Academic All-Big 12 Second Team
• 2020 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
2023 (SENIOR): Made 14 appearances on the mound, including 11 starts primarily as BU’s Friday night starter … Went 1-6 on the year with an 8.35 ERA … Struck out 51 hitters and walked 23 across 55 innings … Logged 55 innings on the mound in 2023, the second-most on the team … Led squad with 51 strikeouts … Was electric in a Friday night loss to Youngstown State (3/3), striking out 11 in a career-high tying seven innings … His 11 K’s were the most by a Bear since Paul Dickens fanned 12 at Kansas on March 30, 2019 … Picked up a resumed game vs CSU Bakersfield (5/19) and pitched five innings, allowing just one run and earned his lone win of 2023 … D1Baseball named him the preseason No. 123 starting pitcher in the nation … Academic All-Big 12 First Team selection.
2022 (JUNIOR): Made six appearances with five starts after battling injuries … Posted 0-1 record with a 2.61 ERA in 20.2 innings ... Struck out 16 batters and walked 12 ... Allowed one run in two innings in first start back from injury vs. Texas Tech (5/1) ... Went seven strong innings allowing just one run with four strikeouts at K-State (5/15) ... Didn’t allow a run in scheduled short start vs. Oklahoma State (5/21) … Struck out a career-high seven vs. TCU in Big 12 Championship opener across 6.1 IP (5/25).
2021 (THIRD-YEAR SOPHOMORE): Academic All-Big 12 Second Team … Led the team with 13 starts on the mound … Totaled a 3.44 ERA (third-best on the team) … Compiled a 4-3 record in 52.1 innings pitched … Struck out 40, while walking 21 … Threw six innings, allowed two runs with six strikeouts vs. Memphis (3/5) … Threw a seven-inning complete-game shutout against NC A&T (4/2) … Hurled five scoreless innings, while only allowing three hits in the win at Texas Tech (4/25) … Threw another five scoreless frames vs. K-State (5/9).
2020 (SOPHOMORE): Made two appearances on the year, tossing 3.0 innings, allowing eight runs (seven earned) on five hits with one walk and no Ks … Made his season debut in the opener vs. Nebraska (2/14), allowing three runs on three hits in 1.0 inning of work … Tossed a season-high 2.0 innings vs. Texas State (3/3), allowing five runs (four earned) on five hits and one walk.
2019 (FRESHMAN): Made 13 appearances including three starts … 2-2 record with 4.75 ERA … Made collegiate debut with scoreless inning of relief vs. Cornell (2/22) … Tallied first-career strikeout vs. Nebraska (3/8) … Recorded season-high four strikeouts at OSU (5/16) … Has worked six scoreless outings.
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year varsity letterwinner at Lake Travis High School ... First-Team All-District ... First-Team All-Academic ... 1.17 ERA in three appearances in 2018.
PERSONAL: Son of Scott and Courtney Helton ... Has one younger brother, Cole ... Majoring in management information systems.
• 2023 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll - Fall 2021, Spring 2022
• 2021 Academic All-Big 12 Second Team
• 2020 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
2023 (SENIOR): Made 14 appearances on the mound, including 11 starts primarily as BU’s Friday night starter … Went 1-6 on the year with an 8.35 ERA … Struck out 51 hitters and walked 23 across 55 innings … Logged 55 innings on the mound in 2023, the second-most on the team … Led squad with 51 strikeouts … Was electric in a Friday night loss to Youngstown State (3/3), striking out 11 in a career-high tying seven innings … His 11 K’s were the most by a Bear since Paul Dickens fanned 12 at Kansas on March 30, 2019 … Picked up a resumed game vs CSU Bakersfield (5/19) and pitched five innings, allowing just one run and earned his lone win of 2023 … D1Baseball named him the preseason No. 123 starting pitcher in the nation … Academic All-Big 12 First Team selection.
2022 (JUNIOR): Made six appearances with five starts after battling injuries … Posted 0-1 record with a 2.61 ERA in 20.2 innings ... Struck out 16 batters and walked 12 ... Allowed one run in two innings in first start back from injury vs. Texas Tech (5/1) ... Went seven strong innings allowing just one run with four strikeouts at K-State (5/15) ... Didn’t allow a run in scheduled short start vs. Oklahoma State (5/21) … Struck out a career-high seven vs. TCU in Big 12 Championship opener across 6.1 IP (5/25).
2021 (THIRD-YEAR SOPHOMORE): Academic All-Big 12 Second Team … Led the team with 13 starts on the mound … Totaled a 3.44 ERA (third-best on the team) … Compiled a 4-3 record in 52.1 innings pitched … Struck out 40, while walking 21 … Threw six innings, allowed two runs with six strikeouts vs. Memphis (3/5) … Threw a seven-inning complete-game shutout against NC A&T (4/2) … Hurled five scoreless innings, while only allowing three hits in the win at Texas Tech (4/25) … Threw another five scoreless frames vs. K-State (5/9).
2020 (SOPHOMORE): Made two appearances on the year, tossing 3.0 innings, allowing eight runs (seven earned) on five hits with one walk and no Ks … Made his season debut in the opener vs. Nebraska (2/14), allowing three runs on three hits in 1.0 inning of work … Tossed a season-high 2.0 innings vs. Texas State (3/3), allowing five runs (four earned) on five hits and one walk.
2019 (FRESHMAN): Made 13 appearances including three starts … 2-2 record with 4.75 ERA … Made collegiate debut with scoreless inning of relief vs. Cornell (2/22) … Tallied first-career strikeout vs. Nebraska (3/8) … Recorded season-high four strikeouts at OSU (5/16) … Has worked six scoreless outings.
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year varsity letterwinner at Lake Travis High School ... First-Team All-District ... First-Team All-Academic ... 1.17 ERA in three appearances in 2018.
PERSONAL: Son of Scott and Courtney Helton ... Has one younger brother, Cole ... Majoring in management information systems.
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